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Two men were picked up off MR-4 Road after police found narcotics stashed inside the vehicle's dashboard panel, part of a wider crackdown that has logged dozens of arrests this year.
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Two men were picked up off MR-4 Road after police found narcotics stashed inside the vehicle's dashboard panel, part of a wider crackdown that has logged dozens of arrests this year.

Manoj Jarange Patil is pushing toward Mumbai for a fresh Maratha reservation protest, but police have refused permission twice, warning that Ganeshotsav crowds make a mass march too risky right now.

CPM leader Muhammed Riyas held an unauthorised press conference defending Veena in the CMRL-Exalogic case, calling ED's probe a script deserving a national award, as party colleagues bristle at the freelancing.

IIT Indore's Water, Climate and Sustainability Lab has placed its AI platform HydroVerse among the top 11 finalists of the National Climate Stack Innovation Challenge 2026, out of over 150 entries nationwide.

Hero Motors raised Rs 299.99 crore from anchor investors including ICICI Prudential and Edelweiss Life Insurance ahead of its Rs 1,000-crore IPO, which opens for public bidding on September 16 and closes September 18.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has forced a House vote on eight impeachment articles against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over Iran strikes, Venezuela raids and retaliation claims, as the administration pushes back hard.

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation says it has added roughly 1,300 MW to the grid after three units resumed operations, with another 1,250 MW expected within two days despite an ongoing coal crunch.

The government has removed the need for a Registration-cum-Membership Certificate on export consignments valued up to ₹3 lakh, easing entry for small manufacturers, artisans and first-time exporters across postal, courier and e-commerce channels.

Madhya Pradesh's FDA has suspended Rewa drug inspector Radheshyam Batti and ordered a criminal case against Atharva Blood Centre following Kalpana Mishra's death during delivery, amid an ongoing NHM inquiry.

Shivamogga BJP MLA Channabasappa stormed out of a Democracy Day event after Karnataka officials recited just two paragraphs of Vande Mataram, sparking a heated exchange with Dalit Sangharsha Samithi members present at the venue.

Posts claiming playback singer Naresh Iyer married at a Maharashtra temple and actress Sayani Gupta won a copyright dispute spread widely on Tuesday, though CutMirchi found no verified reporting confirming either.

Madhya Pradesh's BJP government and party unit begin a month-long Sewa Sankalp Abhiyan on September 17, PM Modi's birthday, pairing new rural schemes with an internal push to unite quarrelling leaders and energise workers.

The Eyebetes Foundation's ten-year Ganpati screening drive has found 40% of devotees above 40 are prediabetic or diabetic, with the number climbing to 60% past 60, alongside widespread uncorrected vision problems.

Matunga's flower merchants are marking 54 years of their Ganesh festival with roughly ₹10 lakh worth of flowers alone, changing the pandal's décor four times across 12 days, starting with Lord Vishnu in Anantashayana.

Madhya Pradesh's Scooty Yojana, which hands scooters to meritorious Class 12 students, has been postponed from September 11 to September 16, with a ₹200 crore budget and a shift toward electric models.

The Bombay High Court forced Pune's administration to scale back a 10-day alcohol ban during Ganeshotsav to just two days, after questioning why the city alone was targeted for the restriction.

Surprise inspections at five upscale Indore hotels, including Marriott and both Radisson properties, uncovered hygiene and labelling violations, prompting officials to seize spoiled seeds and pull samples for testing.

The ED has attached three commercial land parcels in Hukmakhedi, Indore, worth Rs 3.91 crore, in a money laundering probe connected to a Rs 307.44-crore bank fraud case involving Neo Corp International Limited.

Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America after trade talks with Canada collapsed, and budget analysts say the switch could run into millions in signage, mapping and coordination costs.

The Bombay High Court has quashed a tax evasion complaint against designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, ruling that a delayed payment of Rs 5.27 lakh does not amount to wilful evasion under the Income Tax Act.

Bhopal police launched the She-Shakti campaign on Sunday, deploying women officers at markets, fairs and garba venues to tackle harassment and stalking before the festive rush begins.

The BMC has begun piling and pile-cap work on the Dahisar-Bhayandar Link Road, the last piece of Mumbai's 60-km Coastal Road project, with launching-girder work starting in October and a 2028 completion target.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate SEMICON India 2026 on September 17 in New Delhi, a three-day semiconductor industry event featuring 600-plus exhibitors, country pavilions and a student hackathon.

Madhya Pradesh's new Bombardier Challenger 3500, bought for over ₹230 crore, is set to arrive after two pilots finish US training this month, ending years of hiring planes for VVIP travel.

Jemima Goldsmith, once married to Pakistan's jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, has wed Irish Australian financier Cameron O'Reilly in a weekend ceremony her family confirmed on social media.

Police in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh shot and arrested a second bounty suspect in the spurious liquor case within days, taking the total number of arrests to 19 as the probe against 30 named accused continues.

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former Chhattisgarh CMO official Chetan Borghariya under the PMLA, linking him to a money-laundering probe into the CGPSC exam irregularity scandal spanning 2020 and 2021.

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor visited the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal on Ganesh Chaturthi, telling ANI he was honoured to be invited and that the vibrancy was hard to put into words.

Alexander Zverev beat American Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in the US Open final to win his first title in New York and his second major of 2026, following his French Open triumph earlier this year.

Bhopal's 'Bhopal Ke Raja' idol marks 80 years of unbroken tradition as the city's Ganesh Utsav opens Monday, with a Dagdusheth Halwai replica and Simhastha-themed pandals drawing devotees across the Old City and beyond.